Arrow in the Blue

Informationen zum Autor Arthur Koestler was born in Budapest in 1905. He attended the University of Vienna before working as a foreign correspondent in the Middle East, Berlin and Paris. For six years he was an active member of the Communist Party, and was captured by Franco in the Spanish Civil War. In 1940 he came to England, adopting the language with his first book in English, Scum of the Earth . His publications manifest a wide range of political, scientific and literary interests, and include Darkness at Noon , Arrow in the Blue and The Invisible Writing . He died in 1983 by suicide, having frequently expressed a belief in the right to euthanasia. Klappentext The first volume of the remarkable autobiography of Arthur Koestler, author of Darkness at Noon. In 1931, Arthur Koestler joined the Communist Party, an event he felt to be second only in importance to his birth in shaping his destiny. Zusammenfassung The first volume of the remarkable autobiography of Arthur Koestler, author of Darkness at Noon. In 1931, Arthur Koestler joined the Communist Party, an event he felt to be second only in importance to his birth in shaping his destiny.

Product details

• Authors: Arthur Koestler
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9781784876173
• ISBN: 978-1-78487-617-3
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, Autobiography: historical, political & military, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Autobiography: historical, political and military, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, History and Archaeology, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General